Thread by @mathsmrgordon

THREAD: @olicav's Recount and recall - Dual coding in practice in the maths classroom.
Process: Teacher reveals diagrammatic schema piece by piece with some narration, pausing at intervals to allow student to copy the diagram. 1/n #mathschat

@olicav TRACING: Students get in pairs. Each student places their finger on the page at the centre and traces along the paths. One must explain out loud what that part of the diagram is related to in as much detail as possible. The other traces and listens. 2/n

@olicav The students then swap rolls for the other half of the diagram. Both still tracing but the listener is now the narrator.
Students then practise retrieval by covering the diagram and trying to complete as much as they can from memory. 3/n

@olicav I have included highly relevant icons in each section and also added some additional icons that prompt interrogative elaboration. Explicitly model to students how to ask hows and whys, make comparisons and sort their thoughts. 4/n

@olicav Finally, this is not meant to develop conceptual understanding but to make my schema visible and structured in a way that supports recall and strengthening connections. It works really well. I have tried it with students - the results were remarkable! 5/5